Chess is a miniature version of life. To be successful, you need to be disciplined, assess resources, consider responsible choices and adjust when circumstances change.

When men lose against me, they always have a headache ... or things of that kind. I have never beaten a completely healthy man!

There are no take-backs—just as in life. You must think before you move.

Win with grace, lose with dignity!

Chess can help a child develop logical thinking, decision making, reasoning, and pattern recognition skills, which in turn can help math and verbal skills.

According to research, test scores improved by 17.3% for students regularly engaged in chess classes, compared with only 4.6% for children participating in other forms of enriched activities.

I have always felt that Judit was a relatively slow starter, though she is extremely motivated, diligent, hard-working, and disciplined towards her goals in chess and in life.

If we talk about pure abilities and skills, I believe there should be no reason why women cannot play as well as men.

I believe that the best style is a universal one, tactical and positional at the same time.

Chess is a miniature version of life.

I have visited Tromsø and can personally say Tromsø is a beautiful city, well equipped to be an excellent choice for the Chess Olympiad 2014.

I just want to die knowing that I’ve made a difference in the world... or at least a difference to someone, no matter how small the difference.

The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.

Thinking about the future and thinking about the past is really only a way of ignoring the present.

To work in the world lovingly means that we are defining what we will be for, rather than reacting to what we are against.

The last safe place is safe no more.

My children have no prejudices at all. My own brother-in-law is Jewish!

Doubtless a great anguish may do the work of years, and we may come out from that baptism of fire with a soul full of new awe and new pity.

Look at the problems in your life. Ask yourself, 'What kind of thoughts am I having that create this?'

Someone once said to me, 'Are you telling me that chair isn't real, that it's only thought?' I said 'Of course the chair is real. But it comes to you via Thought

God cannot be solemn, or he would not have blessed man with the incalculable gift of laughter.